21-Day Real Food Detox

One of the best ways to push your body’s “reset” button is by doing a detox. However, you don’t need to make strange concoctions or skip meals to do it. The BBAB 21-Day Detox takes out foods that weigh your body down and replaces them with real, whole foods that help your body heal and rejuvenate (no matter what level of sleep deprivation you may be at). The purpose is to take out any potential allergens, chemicals, preservatives, and sugars that inhibit your body so that you can find more energy, better digestion, clearer skin and deeper sleep. In addition, by taking away the “bad” and replacing it with the “good” you can diagnose possible food intolerances you didn’t know you had upon reintroducing some of the real (but potentially allergen) foods back into your diet.
Finally, this detox can help you finally kick those bad food habits to the curb once and for all by cleansing your body of addiction-prone foods forever! It’s a great way to start your journey to a health, fit mama.

So, doing a full detox means nixing many things, dairy included. If you looooooove yourself some dairy this can kick you in the booty and confound you for recipes (check out the 21-Day detox recipes like this chili to help get you started). So, here are some tips to help you out.
1) Go from cow or goat milk to coconut or almond in recipes. Nothing tastes the same in a cup to drink, but in recipes I have found these two options are the best. HOWEVER, read the sides of the container – many are sweetened with sugar (no idea why as these are sweeter than cow milk naturally). Also, I have found that coconut milk in the carton is similar to milk in the carton and...

Although preferable over soda, juice with no pulp or fiber still contains a lot of fructose and should be completely avoided on a sugar detox. If you find yourself craving juice it’s probably your bodies way of replacing the sugar you doing without. Replace juice with whole fruit. It’s the way nature created it to be consumed – with fiber. It breaks down slower and doesn’t give you a “sugar rush” like simple juice will.
If you are craving sugar or juice after a workout, first make sure you’ve had enough water (and are hydrated) and instead of juice eat an orange or citrus fruit paired with protein like a handful of raw...

Although I am mainly focusing on sugar for this particular 21-day detox, it’s still important to lower your caffeine intake. The best is to go cold turkey. But, if you can’t bring yourself to do without that lovely black drink of the gods this first week then nix everything except ONE small portion per day. Yup… uno. And, if you can make the switch, preferably drink no coffee at all – focusing more on tea.
Coffee is a toxin which we can easily have an addiction to and the point of de-toxing is to cleanse out all toxins, even ones we think are beneficial to our existence.
What creates energy for you from food and movement AND when your body...

Okay, so, I nixed Day 1 as my hubby ordered pizza for dinner and, although I had eaten “detoxy” all day until then and even though the pizza had veggies, I was cheating. (Your not supposed to do dairy or wheat. No grains is ideal but wheat and corn are the biggest to nix). And, that’s lame.
Thus, THIS is now my day 2.
That said, I’ve been far more diligent with ease these past few days since going to the store and getting staples that I like to munch on. These include:
- raw nuts
- bananas
- almond butter
- pumpkin seeds
- salad
- cucumbers
- Lara bars (a variety all with no chocolate chips)
For those interested in what most of my...

Okay, I’ve had some people ask about this detox I’m starting (as of today). Truth be told it IS a sugar detox but it’s many other things, too – wheat, soy, and corn to name a few. But, if you need to feel better the first thing to cut is ALL refined sugars. In fact, all sugars are best. Even my beloved Agave. However, many people have wondered about fruit and it’s “equaling” sugar in the body. My answer to this is – it depends on what you mean by “equaling” sugar.
Refined sugar has no more breaking down to do. It simply is a surge of pure “energy”, when, if not used is quickly stored. ...

It’s time to burst some “health food” bubbles. Our country and other countries we import from LOVE to spray the crap out of foods to keep of bugs and make our food larger and shinier than it is found in nature. We expect a certain look, too. Oddly enough though these sleek fruits and veggies actually contain less vitamins and minerals per serving while containing MUCH more chemicals and pesticides (think airplanes flying over a field and dumping powdery death on them). So many pesticides, in fact, that they are traceable in our skin! (Eek!) So, avoid, flee, run away from these top 12 “Most Chemically Treated Fruits and Veggies”...

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